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BIO121-ch8
Term | Definition |
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demographic transition | movement of a nation from high population growth to low population growth, as it develops economically |
demographic trap | situation that occurs when falling living standards reinforce the prevailing high fertility, which in turn reinforces the decline in living standards |
demographic fatigue | condition characterized by lack of financial resources and an inability to deal effectively with threats such as natural catastrophes and disease outbreaks |
population policy | any planned course of action taken by a govt. designed to influence its constituents’ choices or decisions on fertility or migration |
pronatalist policy | policy that encourages increased fertility, higher birth rate, and larger family size |
antinatalist policy | policy that encourages lower fertility, a lower birth rate, and a smaller family size |
family planning | encompasses wide variety of measures enable parents 2 ctrl the # of kids they have & spacing of their kid’s births; includes education in human sexuality, hygiene, prenatal and postnatal care, and preconception and post conception birth control measures |
abortion | termination of pregnancy after the embryo has become implanted in the lining of the uterine wall |